Ori, 2023
Painting : oil, acrylic · 50 x 39.9 x 2.5 cm 19.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch · Ready to hang
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Type
Painting : Unique artwork
Condition
Artwork sold in perfect condition, framed, ready to hang
with stretcher frame
Authenticity
Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the artist
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Dimensions ( cm • inch )
50 x 39.9 x 2.5 cm 19.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch Height x Width x Depth
Artwork dimensions including frame
63.5 x 52.1 x 3.8 cm 25 x 20.5 x 1.5 inch
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Description
A powerful presence emerges from a deep, obsidian void. This portrait captures a moment of profound introspection. The subject wears a majestic headdress (Yoruba cultural piece used in the act of worshiping the essence of ones head in the spiritual realm) blending structured geometry with intricate beadwork. Each detail reflects a rich cultural heritage. The gaze is lowered. The expression remains serene yet heavy with unspoken history.
A striking contrast defines the composition. The dark background pushes the figure forward. Warm, earthy tones radiate from the skin and the elaborate floral adornments. These textures create a tactile bridge between the subject and the viewer.
The presentation is elevated by a hand-carved wooden frame. Its oval shape echoes traditional portraiture. Organic patterns are etched into the wood, mirroring the motifs found within the painting. This harmony between the medium and the border transforms the artwork into a sacred object. Light dances across the metallic accents of the crown. The composition balances regal authority with human vulnerability. Every line leads the eye toward the quiet strength of the face. The piece concludes with the subtle glimmer of traditional jewelry resting against the collarbone.
Presentation
Orioye Bukola, born in 1993 in Osogbo, Orioye is a native of Ekiti State—a graduate of Chemistry from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Trained by Mr. Tope Fatumbi of Topfat Art Gallery; Adamasingba, Ibadan 2019. He is inspired by societal issues and life demands, beauty, culture, and African Spirituality – focusing more on the female gender as a conduit to all else. His philosophy is about simplicity and determination without harm none.
Orioye's mind quest has progressed to infused questionings and suppositions in his canvases beyond mere rhetorical aesthetics; (as the trendy atmosphere now seems mostly to suggest). His works speak in metaphors that flow between the past, the present, and the postulation of the future. He probes into relics to unearth anchored reasoning that shares semblances with contemporary happenings.
His stylistic sense is inventive of punkish style piles of hair reminiscent of the 80s and discotheques, parted with sharp oblique angles which are reflections of the hard chiseled surfaces of the Yoruba effigies he introduces into his works, seasoned with a strong sense of fashion.
Orioye is concerned with African spirituality and how it interfaces with the people's identity, memories, worship, and total well-being. This adaptation of the past to interface with the present and postulate a futuristic nuance is evident in his warm leathered-clad supersonic subjects whose demeanor echoes the Star Trek, UFO, and intergalactic Adour of postmodern Hollywood cinematic periods.
This pendulum of interactions between the past, the present, and the futuristic postulations, defines Orioye's works and lends them a certain direction. The combinations create inquisitiveness for explorations that permeate the borrowed eras, espousing bygone traits of exhumed investigative nuances, memories, identities, and spirituality of bygone cultural epochs. It will be exhilarating to calmly observe the growth of Orioye Bukola's sojourn in the interpretations of his curious and investigative narratively placed overtures.
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